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by zwieback 5y ago
Has anyone here read the book? I have a hard time imagining that a technical education (e.g. engineering, physics, forestry, chemistry) would be worthless if someone wants to work in that field. Social sciences however... but of course I&#x
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by zwieback 5y ago
I remember spending hours and hours reading the manuals from my Apple ][, especially the monitor ROM listing Steve Wozniak wrote.
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by zwieback 5y ago
So true. Misinformation is a misnomer, it's not something that exists in opposition of information and shouldn't be compared. Like you say misinformation is something people use to achieve their goals.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Not for work though, if I search "3 way solenoid valve" or "food safe stainless steel" I get good results. Sure, I have to scroll past a few ads but the cost of running the thing doesn't come out of my pocket. For o
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by zwieback 5y ago
Definitely a problem and really the only practical solution is discipline and tracking. Sooner or later most of this stuff will be aggregated into a meta-service, aka return of the "virtual department store". There's a reason
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by zwieback 5y ago
Surprisingly perceptive and useful tips, I think peer-review is something that's both underused and hard to get right. We all love to self-manage but SW development can be a bit insular and some feedback from peers, if they are respect
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by zwieback 5y ago
Wow, I had no idea! I nibbled on them because I thought they were the same as the edible ones but that was a one-time experiment.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I think those are horse-chestnuts, different tree and not directly related to the American chestnut. We used to make little figures and animals out of the nuts and some matches in kindergarten.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Quite a few of them in Oregon apparently. I didn't realize that we're considered more or less blight-free.
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The Moon Is Underrated(nautil.us)
4 points by zwieback 5y ago|0 comments
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by zwieback 5y ago
When I'm standing on a corner somewhere and I can use GPS, live traffic data, restaurant reviews and simultaneously make call to someone, at that moment I don't think about my beloved PC at home, sorry. You can always use a burner
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by zwieback 5y ago
Publishing online is free so ignoring the printing, which is outdated anyway, where's the cost? Paying editors and writers? The article doesn't make it very clear.
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by zwieback 5y ago
hah, is this the return of "topmind"? I miss that guy, he was the anti-OO fanatic of the 2000s on usenet and c2.com.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Classic progression - some of us came from VB Classic to C# others from C++ (at least in the Windows world). Now we're all one big happy family.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I vividly remember when I started using C#, I can say that 20 years later I only feel a little bit bad about leaving C++ (mostly) behind and glad I didn't have to go the Java route.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I started reading "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" a few days ago, enjoying it a lot. Tokarczuk was mentioned in my book calendar recently, hadn't heard about her before that.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Sorry, I don't have any good advice on resources for sewing non-garment devices. My first instinct would be to visit a fabric store for upholstery, neoprene or other outdoor fabrics. We have a fabulous store "The Rain Shed" n
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by zwieback 5y ago
Kind of sounds plausible but if Netflix can continue making good content it will survive in one form or another. My fear is that eventually we'll get back to a cable model where some aggregator with enough power will combine all these
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by zwieback 5y ago
I'm a techno-nerd guy but knew all those fabrics most guys apparently don't. In my early 20s I was really into sewing, which is fascinating from an engineering perspective, highly recommend as a hobby to get you away from that mon
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by zwieback 5y ago
Heuristics? For amateurs and lazy folk. We find metrics that reliably measure something, find or make a gauge that measures that metric, then make sure our gauge stays good over time by doing R&Rs or recalibrations.
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Are Kids Ready for Virtual Reality?(nautil.us)
2 points by zwieback 5y ago|0 comments
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by zwieback 5y ago
Been on here since 2009 and it's always felt the same: vaguely rude but overall quite productive. However, I know better than to click on the comments section for a certain type of article.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I think it's because of the perception TikTok=cat and dance videos, FB=misinformation. At least that's what my feeds looks like. Also: TikTok=kids, FB=adults
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by zwieback 5y ago
Sure, some countries are doing better but why? That's what the article is asking, is it because Japan/Australia's citizens are better behaved, something else? That's the question behind the obvious but wrong conclusion &
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by zwieback 5y ago
or even something like --exclude={foo,ba[rz]} , probably getting the syntax wrong
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by zwieback 5y ago
At this point that's kind of what COVID feels like - nothing we tried really worked except one thing: vaccinations mean you don't get sick/die. Everything else is super muddy. What about contact tracing? We're figuring o
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by zwieback 5y ago
Hmm, here it says 2D polymers were created first at ETH in 2012: https://scitechdaily.com/two-dimensional-polymers-created-fo... Either way, looking forward to buying this stuff cheap and in bulk from McMaster!
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by zwieback 5y ago
Ah, learned the difference between -i and -I. I also like --include and --exclude, especially since it allows regex for which files to look at
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by zwieback 5y ago
I'm not super happy NYT bought Wordle but I wouldn't go so far as saying that Wordle might "threaten the NYT crossword puzzle", I don't think something like Wordle requires the kind of highly visible editing the NYT
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by zwieback 5y ago
Congrats! I'll keep playing until the paywall comes crashing down on my fingertips.

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